Stalin, Kamal, others booked for violating Section 144 in Tuticorin

Stalin, Kamal Haasan, Thirumavalavan, Thirunavukkarasar, K Balakrishnan and a few others have been booked under section 143, 188 and 153(a) of the Indian Penal Code.

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Shalini Lobo

Chennai

May 24, 2018

UPDATED: May 24, 2018 11:49 IST

Stalin, Kamal Haasan, Thirumavalavan, Thirunavukkarasar, K Balakrishnan and a few others have been booked under section 143, 188 and 153(a) of the Indian Penal Code. In picture is MK Stalin. Photo: MKStalin/Twitter

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Opp politicians in Tamil Nadu booked under Section 144

Section 144 does not allowed unlawfully assembly in tension-gripped regions

13 are confirmed dead in Tuticorin protests till now

Politicians from the opposition parties in Tamil Nadu who visited the victims of the violence that occured after anti-Sterlite protests broke out in Tuticorin have been booked for violating Section 144 imposed in the area.

Section 144 does not allowed unlawfully assembly in tension-gripped regions.

DMK's working president MK Stalin, actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan, Thirunavukkarasar of the Congress, VCK's Thirumavalavan, MDMK's Vaiko and K Balakrishnan of the CPM, amongst others, went to Tuticorin on Wednesday to meet the injured and survivors of the violence that sparked out in the district.

Stalin, Kamal Haasan, Thirumavalavan, Thirunavukkarasar, K Balakrishnan and a few others have been booked under section 143, 188 and 153(a) of the Indian Penal Code.

At least 13 people have now been confirmed dead in police firing on people protesting the expansion of a copper smelting plant owned by Vedanta group's Sterlite in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin.